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David Mellon

David Mellon is President of the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers, which represents 1,300 correctional officers, stewards, inmate industries’ supervisors, office personnel, and medical and social work professionals at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston.

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